What did the apostrophe ever do to deserve this? To understand its predicament, an examination of its origins might help. Despite existing in languages such as Catalan, French and Italian, the ...

Dear Annie: On my daily walks around my neighborhood, I always say hi to the other sidewalk walkers. Sadly, the greeting is seldom returned. Why doesn’t everyone respond “Hi” back? We all see each ...

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Harrison Kass’s recent piece recommending the abolition of the Marine Corps argues that the corps is a redundant relic that should be subsumed by the Army. This zombie idea, reanimated for clicks in ...

Poor commercial real estate. Fewer investors want to touch it after being burned by falling property values in recent years. They have better options anyway. Why settle for 7% annual returns on real ...

While we tend to experience a dip in feelings of loneliness in middle adulthood, as we get older it’s not uncommon for feelings of loneliness and social isolation to return, at least according to a ...

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The simplest way to add an apostrophe before a date in Excel is to type it directly before the date when entering it in a cell. This method works best when you’re dealing with a small number of ...

Gboard beta introduces an “Auto-switch after apostrophe” feature to enhance typing speed. Once the feature goes live, the keyboard will return to letters automatically after ‘ is pressed. The feature ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: On our neighborhood app, one of my neighbors cautioned that two young men had recently knocked on her door. She could see them on the security camera and she did not know them. She ...

When you turn on the television in Europe, coverage of what happens in America jostles alongside domestic news. Europeans have a fairly good understanding not only of America’s geography but also its ...

A recent headline in the New York Times caught my attention: “City Beekeepers: The Dos and Don’ts of Maintaining an Urban Hive.” The idea of keeping beehives in Manhattan is interesting, of course, ...